Structure of the retaining glycosyltransferase MshA: The first step in mycothiol biosynthesis. Organism: Corynebacterium glutamicum- APO (OPEN) structure.Structure of the retaining glycosyltransferase MshA: The first step in mycothiol biosynthesis. Organism: Corynebacterium glutamicum- APO (OPEN) structure.
Structural highlights
3c48 is a 2 chain structure with sequence from Corynebacterium glutamicum. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance.
MSHA_CORGL Catalyzes the transfer of a N-acetyl-glucosamine moiety to 1D-myo-inositol 3-phosphate to produce 1D-myo-inositol 2-acetamido-2-deoxy-glucopyranoside 3-phosphate in the mycothiol biosynthesis pathway.[1]
Evolutionary Conservation
Check, as determined by ConSurfDB. You may read the explanation of the method and the full data available from ConSurf.
References
↑Vetting MW, Frantom PA, Blanchard JS. Structural and enzymatic analysis of MshA from Corynebacterium glutamicum: substrate-assisted catalysis. J Biol Chem. 2008 Jun 6;283(23):15834-44. Epub 2008 Apr 4. PMID:18390549 doi:10.1074/jbc.M801017200